William Easterly

William Easterly
Born (1957-09-07) September 7, 1957 (age 67)
EducationBowling Green State University (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Academic career
FieldPolitical economy, International development
School or
tradition
Chicago School
Doctoral
advisor
Lance J. Taylor[1]
InfluencesFriedrich von Hayek, Milton Friedman
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

William Russell Easterly (born September 7, 1957) is an American economist specializing in economic development. He is a professor of economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and co-director of NYU’s Development Research Institute.[2] He is a Research Associate of NBER, senior fellow at the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) of Duke University, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. Easterly is an associate editor of the Journal of Economic Growth.

Easterly is the author of three books: The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists’ Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics (2001); The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good (2006), which won the 2008 Hayek Prize; and The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor (2014),[3] which was a finalist for the 2015 Hayek Prize.[4]

  1. ^ A computable general equilibrium model of Mexico with portfolio balances : with application to devaluation.
  2. ^ NYU Development Research Institute
  3. ^ ""The Tyranny of Experts" on William Easterly's website". Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
  4. ^ The Manhattan Institute Announces Shortlist for Hayek Book Prize, January 29, 2015